The design and construction is described of a vehicle bridge made of glass-reinforced polyester pultruded box beams. The bridge has a simply supported span 11·6 m long and 4 m wide. It has been designed as a Class 30 (300 ...

'Damage tolerance' is used to describe the attribute of a structure associated with the retention of the required residual strength throughout its service life, while irreversible damage mechanisms are active within the ...